December 2015, Vol 5, Issue 12

Sankalp Patrika gets an ISSN number

As Sankalp Patrika celebrates six years of publication, we have a good news to share with you. Sankalp Patrika now has an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) - 2455 – 409X. This eight-digit serial number helps a serial publication get uniquely identified. The number is especially helpful in distinguishing between serials with the same title, ordering, cataloging, and archiving. We would like to thank all our readers for their continued patronage. We promise to keep the torch of knowledge burning.

Three lesser known acts of bravery from India’s military history

The history of our jawans is filled with lesser known tales. While some are lost in the pages of history, others went unnoticed and don’t have shining medals to associate with. We bring you three such tales of bravery.

When 21 Sikhs defended a military post against 10,000 Afghan invaders

The Battle of Saragarhi is the tale of incredible valour of 21 soldiers who remained unconquered even in death.

News and Updates from November 2015

Thalassemia management November was a challenging month at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health. Thanks to the 10 government holidays, we had tough time accommodating all the children for transfusions. Looking at the workload at the institute together with the institute we are in the process of getting a doctor exclusively for the thalassemia unit. We had a total of 238 patient visits with 304 transfusions. The turnaround time for blood was 3.5 hours and the average patient stay was 7.3 hours.

The HLA Revolution : Getting together to make a difference

Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ullhasnagar, Rajahmundry, Faridabad and Dehradun - in last few months Sankalp India Foundation together with Cure2Children has offered free HLA typing to children suffering from thalassemia who have a healthy sibling. More than 250 families have been offered HLA typing. A fourth of these are likely to find a perfectly matched sibling. The journey towards cure has started for children for children in each of these cities. It's probably for the very first time that the families are being offered HLA typing at their doorsteps.

Thalassemia - The Road Ahead

While the clamour to declare thalassemia as a disability grows around the country, year 2015 has brought realisation and reaffirmation to the long held perspective that we have at Sankalp India Foundation for thalassemia. As part of the counselling and motivational exercise, also as part of the speeches and the writings in the books, often the thalassemia families are told that their child should be treated like a normal child. Is this really true? Is it a fact that the child suffering from thalassemia could actually have a near normal life?
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